Bethesda, MD (July 9, 2015) - A recent study published in JACC: Heart Failure indicated that adults who walked briskly, were moderately active in their leisure time, drank moderately, didn't smoke and avoided obesity had half the risk of heart failure as adults who did not optimize these modifiable risk factors. This study followed nearly 4,500 adults for two decades.

The article is acocmpanied by an editorial by David J. Maron, M.D., and Sharon A. Hunt, M.D., who noted that it is difficult to assess lifestyle interventions in randomized controlled trials, the gold standard for medical treatments, but this analysis provides evidence to support inexpensive lifestyle interventions.

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